Community Policing

This is part three of assignment 1 and 2Research Project Assignment 3: Methods Section (1 -2 Pages) Due Week 4 prior to class. Once you receive instructor’s approval via BByou can begin your pilot study.This section describes how you will conduct your study. Regardless of the type of research you plan to do, you need to indicate how youwill carry out your study so others may judge its viability, its worth, etc. For example, for empirical research, this section includesa description of the subjects (or participants), the measurements, the data-collection methods, and analysis/analyses (1-2 Pages).Outline how you would conduct your own study on a topic in criminal justice. This section should be detailed and provide enoughinformation for another person to replicate your study based entirely on the information included in this section. A detailed methodssection would include the following:A Restatement of Your Hypothesis:Subjects for study:Describe the subjects (people or objects, e.g. texts) for your study, considering carefully the type and number you need. Explainyour method of selecting your sample.Describe the population and how the sample will be drawn. Discuss the subject(s) in relation to your research question orhypothesis, to availability, and to your research design. That is, you need to identify the subjects and make clear whether they willbe available and how you will reach them. This section typically answers the following questions: Who or what will you study in orderto collect data? Is it appropriate to select a sample from a larger pool? If so, how will you do that? How do these subjects relate toyour research question(s)? How you will identify members of the population and how you will select the sample. What sampling method areyou using? How many people will be included? What geographical area are you focusing upon?MeasurementDescribe the kinds of measures you intend to use and explain why you have selected these (have they been used previously?). Adiscussion of measurements generally considers the following questions: What are the key variables in your study? How will you defineand measure them? Do your definitions and measurements draw on or differ from those of previous research in this area? You want toconsider whether you will use concurrent, retrospective, direct or indirect product measurements or some combination of these. Yourresearch question should guide you in your selection.Your conceptual and operational definitions of the variables in your hypothesis will be clearly stated in this section.Remember a conceptual definition provides an idea regarding the concept; a operational definition is specific to how the conceptwill be measured. For example:Conceptual: Success: one’s ability to succeedOperation: Success is measured by no recidivism and/or reduced disciplinary infractions.Conceptual: Inmate: A person who is incarcerated.Operational: Inmate: A male or female between the ages of 18 and 65 incarcerated for a minimum of 5 years/maximum of 55 years in aNYS correctional Facility.Data-Collection Methods: Describe what you plan to actually do and the kind of research you will conduct. Your data-collectionmethods obviously need to be consistent with your research problem, your subjects and your measurements. This section typicallyconsiders whether you will utilize surveys, interviews, field study, etc.Include your Questionnaire for the studyCreate and include an introductory statement that will be used to inform potential subjects for your study.